But it took one major turn in the wrong direction on Tuesday night's 2-hour performance/results show: Eliminating the country-rock voice of Jared Blake.

On last night's show -- which featured eight performances and a showdown of Team Cee Lo Green versus Team Adam Levine, and the results of last week's Team Blake Shelton versus Team Christina Aguilera -- the focus was on the new format.

I say "new" because this is NOT how it's done on that other show (yes, I'm talking about "American Idol").

Blake Shelton's decision to keep the meek, introverted voice of Xenia Martinez over the powerful boom of Jared Blake indicates that the NBC reality TV show might be taking itself too seriously.

Seriously? Xenia over Jared. This is like eliminating Chris Daughtry during Hollywood week.

I made my point this morning on the "Gravy in the Morning" radio show, where co-hosts Ellen Tailor and Gravy both strongly disagree with me. They love Xenia. And they both think "The Voice" means the downfall of "Idol."

Blake Shelton: America selected Dia Frampton as its favorite (and my favorite to win it all, for now), and the country star chose to keep, as you know, 16-year-old Xenia. That eliminated Jared and country singer Patrick Thomas, who was out his league.